Polymer & elastomer CT | Material analysis

Materials whose performance is hard to predict

Polymers and elastomers are used in ever more demanding environments: automotive, medical, packaging, electronics or energy. Their performance depends directly on their internal structure, their formulation and how they change over time.

Understand what’s inside your materials

Industrial X-ray CT is a non-destructive testing (NDT) solution that lets you see inside materials without cutting. It helps R&D, quality and industrialization teams analyze defects, qualify materials and understand the aging mechanisms behind failures.

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Explore our CT systems: micro-CT, nano-CT, high-energy CT, custom-made.

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They use RX Solutions CT in polymers and elastomers Using less material without losing performance

As part of its eco-design approach, L’Oréal relies on RX Solutions CT to analyze its multilayer polymer structures, understand how they behave internally and validate new designs with greater confidence.

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Meeting the challenges of the polymer and elastomer industry with CT

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Ensure long-term performance

Understand the impact of aging and mechanical stress.

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Identify hidden defects

Porosity, inclusions, internal cracks or material heterogeneities.

Qualify new formulations

Quickly compare several materials or processes.

Reduce quality risks

Detect anomalies before they affect product performance.

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Why CT in the polymer and elastomer industry?Understand your materials better to improve performance

With these materials, destructive testing is always incomplete, and a coordinate measuring machine can overlook a problem area. CT reconstructs the entire internal and external structure in a single scan.

RX Solutions CT lets you:

Observe the internal structure without destruction to better understand how materials behave.
Detect porosity, cracks and inclusions before they cause a failure.
Qualify new formulations faster.
Understand aging mechanisms through non-destructive analysis.
Improve the quality of finished products based on real internal data.
Speed up quality and R&D investigations during failure analyses.

This non-destructive testing technology delivers high data density, fast scan times and reliable results, with automation possible from acquisition all the way to report generation.

What CT brings to your polymer and elastomer applications

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Analyze

The real behavior of polymers and elastomers

Detect

Defects before they affect performance

Understand

Aging and failure mechanisms

Compare

Different formulations and manufacturing processes

Speed up

Development and quality investigations

For your polymer and elastomer application

Which RX Solutions CT system?

Your choice of CT system depends on the inspection volume you need, the level of automation you want and how fine the defects you need to detect are.

For most quality, R&D and failure analysis applications.

The Explorer range covers most polymer and elastomer parts, with an excellent resolution-to-speed ratio.
Discover the micro-CT systems of the EXPLORER range

For fine detection of foreign bodies or porosity, and advanced analyses

The Nano range is recommended when the defects you’re looking for are only a few microns in size. It is also recommended for microstructures, porous materials and advanced formulation analyses.
Discover the NANO range dedicated to nano-CT

Dimensional measurements: Metrology Series

This version of our CT systems lets you automate inspections and perform certified dimensional measurements, including on internal geometries, in accordance with VDI/VDE standards.
Discover Metrology Series, CT systems configured for measurement

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Platforms Easytom S Easytom L Easytom XL Easytom B

Explore all your materials with a single CT scanner.

From R&D to quality control, combine resolution, flexibility and versatility to inspect a wide variety of parts and materials.

2 µm Resolution

300 kV Source voltage

< 1 µm Min. voxel

Porous structure observed through nanoscale analysis

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Platforms Easytom L Easytom XL Ultratom

Reveal the invisible at the submicron scale.

Access the finest microstructures, porosity and interfaces with resolution down to the nanometer scale.

250 nm Resolution

160 kV Source voltage

30 nm Min. voxel

Need help choosing your CT system?

Tell us about your needs and the parts you want to analyze, and we’ll come back to you with a personalized recommendation. We can also schedule a demonstration on your parts.

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Your custom-made CT system

Going beyond inspection

Some applications require observing a polymer or elastomer while it deforms, ages or is subjected to mechanical stress.

RX Solutions develops custom-made CT systems that combine CT with advanced experiments to analyze degradation, failure or aging mechanisms under conditions representative of real use.

Discover our custom-made projects

5 applications that generate the most value for polymers and elastomers

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Understand material aging

Analyze degradation mechanisms linked to time, loading cycles or environmental conditions.

Crack initiation;
evolution of porosity;
degradation of internal structures;
before/after aging comparison.

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Detect hidden material defects

Internal defects can directly affect the strength, sealing performance or service life of components.

Inclusions;
bubbles;
porosity;
internal cracks.

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Qualify new formulations

Quickly compare different materials, processes or formulations without systematically resorting to destructive testing.

Engineering polymers;
filled materials;
elastomers;
lightweight materials.

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Perform failure analysis

Understand why a component broke or lost performance.

Quality investigation;
batch comparison;
root cause validation;
product expert assessment.

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Characterize foam structures and porous materials

Analyze pore distribution, density and homogeneity in expanded or cellular materials.

Trying to understand the origin of a failure or qualify a new material? Try CT.

Have my project’s feasibility assessed

Materials and components frequently CT analyzed

From soft elastomers to the most advanced engineering polymers, CT lets you see what actually drives material performance. A valuable aid in understanding failures, qualifying new formulations and speeding up development.

Seals, membranes and sealing components

Elastomers under mechanical stress

Engineering polymers and filled materials

Materials in development and new formulations

Failed products and failure analyses

Seals, membranes and sealing components

Analysis of internal defects, porosity and aging mechanisms to understand loss of sealing, deformation or premature failure.

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Elastomers under mechanical stress

Characterization of internal cracks, debonding and damage zones on components working under fatigue or repeated loading.

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Engineering polymers and filled materials

Qualification of materials for automotive, medical, industrial or energy applications, with analysis of fillers, inclusions and material heterogeneities.

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Materials in development and new formulations

omparison of formulations, process validation and understanding of the mechanisms that influence performance before industrialization.

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Failed products and failure analyses

Identification of the root causes of a failure by studying cracks, inclusions, internal defects or aging phenomena invisible from the outside.

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Why choose RX Solutions for your polymer and elastomer applications?

From materials research to quality control, polymers and elastomers call for a wide range of analyses. RX Solutions offers solutions designed to understand materials, qualify processes and support the evolution of your projects.

Move from one scale of analysis to another on the same platform: with the dual-tube configurations of our CT systems, combine the overall view of a part with detailed analysis of areas of interest, without changing equipment or workflow.
Combine material characterization, quality control and metrology: detect defects, take dimensional measurements and compare your parts to CAD on a single platform. Discover Metrology Series
Understand aging mechanisms: study how polymers and elastomers evolve under mechanical, thermal or environmental stress with in-situ test cells.
Quality control, metrology and failure analysis on a single platform: detect defects, measure internal geometries and validate your design assumptions with a single system. Discover our systems.
A solution that evolves with your projects: new applications, materials development, automation or upgrades. Your CT system supports your needs over the long term, thanks to the Care & Performance team, who support you throughout your machine’s life cycle.

Discover our CT systems: micro-CT, nano-CT, high-energy CT.

Polymers and elastomers FAQ

Can internal cracks in a polymer be observed?

Yes, even when they’re invisible on the surface.

Is CT suited to soft materials?

Can a material’s aging be analyzed?

Can CT help qualify a new formulation?

What defects can be detected?

Which CT ranges should I choose to analyze polymers and elastomers?

Want to better understand how your polymers or elastomers behave?

Failure analysis, material qualification, aging, foam characterization or quality control: our experts help you identify the CT solution best suited to your application.